The Trump Administration's immigration policies continue to affect people in our community.
Brian provides another account of ICE's activities in C-U, and how our friends, family, and neighbors are affected.
Andrew reminds us that C-U is a pretty great place to live.
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Ben examines the deterioration of discourse from the Illini Republicans.
Nicole thinks about school violence through the lens of Childish Gambino's blockbuster music video "This Is America," and offers key questions that might help us reduce youth-involved violence across Champaign-Urbana this summer.
We hear of ICE in big cities, but in C-U, immigration arrested two men at Siam Terrace on Main Street in downtown Urbana, a supposed "Sanctuary City."
Nicole surveyed UIUC alums and leaders in the Champaign-Urbana community to learn how Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death and legacy informs their personal and professional lives today.
Nicole drops by the 15th screening of Racial Taboo at First Mennonite Church in Urbana to reflect on the the film's continued relevance for Champaign County.
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In the third of three installments, Ben Chapman interviews Jon Rector, candidate for county clerk, to get Rector's view on the county clerk's responsibilities and how he plans to address the voting accessibility and integrity issues of the day.
Dane ponders the presence of churches in malls, in particular those in our own Lincoln Square Mall.
C.G. Estabrook returns from Neptune to endorse his candidate for IL-13 in the Democratic Primary.
A 1994 ordinance is a racial barrier to renting a home in the City of Champaign. It's an on-the-books example of quiet prejudice, and it's past time that city council take the steps needed to restore a sense of justice to our municipal code.
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